Women Like Geese

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 221

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

221. Women Like Geese. Berakhot, f. 20a.

Midr. Hagadol, Gen.

Vayyehi.

Yalk§ 157.

Yalk. Sip. I, p. 163. cf. Boccaccio, Decameron IV, Intro. Dunlop-Liebrecht, p. 230.

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Wisdom Women Adam Eve Purity Supernatural

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